塞
HSK 6freq #2163
Meanings
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- 1.(bound form) to block; to obstruct
- 1.(bound form) strategic stronghold
- 1.to plug; to stop up; to stuff in
- 2.(bound form) a stopper; a cork
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Wiktionary
- 1.to stop up; to block up
- 2.to stuff; to cram; to squeeze in
- 3.to be blocked; to be jammed
- 4.to obstruct; to block
- 5.to fill up completely; to become full
- 6.to forbid; to suppress; to prohibit
- 7.to satisfy; to fulfill
- 8.to compensate; to remedy
- 9.to answer; to repay
- 10.to manage to arrange a position for someone
- 11.to practise bribery
- 12.to evade; to stall
- 13.stopper; cork
- 14.to be in a difficult position; destitute
- 15.honest; truthful
- 16.Saka people
- 17.place of strategic importance; pass; fortress
- 18.to build fortress; to construct fortifications
- 19.frontier; border
- 20.the northern frontier of imperial China, as demarcated by the Great Wall
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Etymology
Oracle bone script: Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 宀 (“house”) + 工 (“two items”) + 廾 (“two hands”) – stuffing the house with items. Hence, the original version is 𡨄, a character similar but unrelated to 共 but partly related to 展. Shuowen: Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 𡨄 + 土 (“soil”); the bottom component was added later.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
她的口袋裡塞滿了核桃。
Her pockets were bulging with walnuts.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
堵塞 to clog up闭塞 to stop up鼻塞 to have a stuffy nose肛塞 butt plug塞车 traffic jam塞族 Serb ethnic group (abbr. for 塞尔维亚族[Sài ěr wéi yà zú])塞渊 honest and far-seeing塞给 to slip sb sth塞责 to carry out one's duties perfunctorily; to fulfill one's responsibility塞耳 to block one's ears (not wishing to hear)安塞 see 安塞区[Ān sài Qū]栓塞 (medicine) embolism